In his first response on AAP MP Swati Maliwal’s alleged assault at his official residence, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday stated he expects a good investigation into the matter and justice needs to be served.
Maliwal has alleged she was “assaulted” by Kejriwal’s private assistant Bibhav Kumar when she went to fulfill the chief minister on Could 13. The police have registered a case and arrested Kumar in reference to it.
In an interview to PTI, the chief minister stated the matter is presently “sub-judice” and his remark may have an effect on the proceedings.
“However I count on there can be a good investigation. Justice needs to be served. There are two variations of the occasion. Police ought to examine each variations pretty and justice needs to be accomplished,” Kejriwal stated.
His aide Kumar is presently in five-day police custody in reference to the case.
Earlier Wednesday, Maliwal alleged that there’s a “lot of stress” on everybody within the celebration to malign her.
“Yesterday I received a name from an enormous chief of the celebration. They advised me how there’s numerous stress on everybody, they must say dangerous issues towards Swati, they’ve to interrupt her by leaking her private photographs. It’s being stated that anybody who helps her can be expelled from the celebration,” the Rajya Sabha MP stated in a put up on X.
“Somebody has received the responsibility of doing press convention and somebody has received the responsibility of tweeting. It’s somebody’s responsibility to name the volunteers sitting in America and get one thing out towards me,” she added.
On Tuesday, Kumar was taken to Mumbai for the invention of information from his telephone which he had allegedly formatted earlier than his arrest.
Police suspect Kumar formatted his telephone after transferring its knowledge to some individual or system in Mumbai.
Kumar’s telephones and laptop computer in addition to CCTV recordings from Kejriwal’s home have been despatched for forensic examination, an officer stated. As Kumar’s police custody is ending on Thursday, investigators try to gather all proof associated to the case, he stated.